The Death of Attila the Hun

In four 52, italy was suffering from a famine. Disease had begun to sweep through hun camps. The new eastern emperor, marcian, was taking advantage of attila's absence and launching raids north of the danube. You add all this up and you got a hun king ready to consolidate his gains and mitigate his losses. So before winter set in, attila withdrew back to his homeland north of thedanube river. He would never return to the west. And the roman world slept a little easier with the sword of damocles no longer hanging over their heads.